The regular stomping ground of lovers of underground art

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Un Regard Moderne is the regular stomping ground of lovers of undergroundart and literature. This kooky shoebox-sized bookstore is located on a narrow, picturesque Left Bank street and caters to all sorts of fantasies and fetishes. The colorful window display is an instant indication of what the store specializes inbooks on manga, SF and erotica. Space is scarce so watch those elbows around the piles of books towering precariously in an unorganized but friendly clutter. If you're looking for something in particular, you may have to ask the owner Jacques Noël to help you out, since he's probably the only person who knows where to find anything. Otherwise, it's a fabulous place to browse, even if you're not an amateur of all things strange and bizarre. Tiny as the place is, there's also a little gallery areasome regular faces there are Pierre La Police with his dark and humorous comics, and Romain Slocombe, notorious for his photographs of Japanese girls in bandages.

The best library in the entire multiverse

I finished with my yearly visit to the best library in the entire multiverse. Every time I go there I have the impression I took up some weight. Every year it's harder even to pass the entrance door, because every year more books pile up in front of each other op to the ceiling. I think this year it's up to four layers of books, but since there are not many shelves cupboards and most books are simply put upon each other, I have no idea how far the walls are. There is only room for two or three customers, and they have to get out on the street to pass each other. The owner seems to take it all in zen-like fashion, standing (or sitting) on a pile in a corner, using another pile as a table. A house made of books. All of them - absolutely all of them - treasures. All in excellent condition, about diverse subjects as underground comics, surrealist books, limited artsy editions, revolutionary texts, mangas, bizarre literature, obscure SF and fantasy, magick, erotica, thousands of fanzines in all possible formats… I told the owner he'll end up with only accepting dwarves as clients, and he replied he had a lot of dwarves as customers… who managed to discover marvels at the bottom that other customers couldn't find. I sometimes tested him and the guy knows every book in his store and where they are.--Report of Clinamen's visit